Mathew Dowd better get on the stick. I heard him on liberal radio last night (WAMU), he was the token Bush defender and was asked to sum up Kerry in a phrase. I screamed at the radio "LIBERAL!" and he waffled about how they would come out with that during the campaign. Maybe the question was a setup, but I still think he could have said something about Kerry's ridiculously liberal voting record.

John Kerry believes that same-sex couples should be granted rights, including access to pensions, health insurance, family medical leave, bereavement leave, hospital visitation, survivor benefits, and other basic legal protections that all families and children need. He has supported legislation to provide domestic partners of federal employees the benefits available to spouses of federal employees. He was one of 14 Senators -- and the only one up for reelection in 1996 -- to oppose the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Kerry believes in gay marriage, he just doesn't have the backbone to call it gay marriage. Kerry is trying to play all sides of the issue, but instead he will alienate both sides. Good move Kerry!

I believe the title of this article is incorrect. He did not say he endorsed homosexual marriage. Some on the left are for homo civil unions but not marriage which is what Kerry will say. They will play word games. Both terms make me want to hurl. But let's get it right, folks.

And when Kerry opposed federal legislation in 1996 that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, he compared the law to 1960s efforts in the South to criminalize interracial marriages and accused his supporters of engaging in the "politics of division."

"This is an unconstitutional, unprecedented, unnecessary and mean-spirited bill," Kerry declared then even as 85 senators and President Clinton (news - web sites) supported the measure..."

(Excerpt from longer article linked above)

It won't be JUST the South that is offended by his comparison. I also love his calling Billious "mean spirited"!

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posted on 02/11/2004 6:00:43 PM PST
by ApplegateRanch
(ANYBODY except Kerry...as long as it is BUSH 2004)

I still believe that Bush has troubles. 2000 wasn't exactly Reagan Mondale in '84, and the country is still divided. Hwever it appears that Kerry's succession of primary victories has come before any effort could be made to vet his background. At best he is coming off as a totally inconsistent weather vane of a politician. At worst he's Jane Fonda. I'd expect the GOP to stockpile so much ammunition that it will remind Kerry of the B-52 runs in VietNam.

Can someone from Mass get us up to speed on who and how the previous attempts to amend the Constitution to protect marriage got sunk? I seem to recall the Mass. Supreme Court had a hand in that. I believe they usurped the will of the people twice in order to get their way and invent same-sex marriage in the law.

Kerry is now unmasked as their enabler. They stopped the amendment, then shoved through this ruling to make it a 'fait accompli'.

"Nooo. If GWB starts the offensive now they'll just replace Kerry. Besides the stupid libs are doing a fine job of tearing themselves apart right now." Wrong. the Democrats are convering on Kerry, He is the nominee. the only other viable candidate left is Edwards, and he is so far behind he simply cannot 'ketchup' to the ketchup gigolo>.

"U.S. Congressmen Edward Markey and Barney Frank, on behalf of themselves, Senators Kennedy and Kerry, and Reps. Neal, McGovern, Olver, Meehan, Tierney, Delahunt, Capuano and Lynch, released a letter to every member of the Massachusetts State Legislature expressing opposition to the proposed State Constitutional amendment restricting legal recognition of same-sex relationships."

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